Long before there was Home Automation, before computers connected the world, and digital cameras lived in everyone’s pocket, there was the Polaroid Instant pack film camera, an innovation released to the world over 50 years ago. It’s hard to escape the realization that world is a much different place than it was 50 years ago; it was a time when instant gratification had… Read More »

For most, Tuesday’s Iris outage is over with some experiencing a few minor, lingering issues. IrisByLowes has released an impact statement with some very helpful troubleshooting information for anyone who is still experiencing issues with their system. On March 8th at approximately 3:00 PM EST the Iris platform experienced a database failure due to a process issue which has since… Read More »

If you are having a problem logging into your V2 Iris system you are not alone. We have been alerted by the Iris management team that there is in fact an outage that is currently affecting the system. The outage is affecting different users in different ways. Some users are able to log in, other cannot. Those who can… Read More »

If you noticed a short outage today you are not alone, and with it comes good news! The folks at Lowes were busy pushing our a major platform in preparation of the release of version 1.7. The apps have not been released to the app store just yet, but you do not have to wait! There are new rules available… Read More »

We have a small bit of good news for users of Iris 2.0. It’s no secret that the original Iris had a quirk where some devices, despite having no official support, would pair with basic functionality. Some of those devices could even be controlled with rules. So far Iris 2.0 doesn’t have any official generic device support, however as luck would have it… Read More »